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See How Easily You Can Become Fatter with Food Portion Which Has Been Getting Bigger

Throughout the past twenty years, those who have been eating in restaurants may have noticed that the food portions are getting bigger and bigger. It is common to see “jumbo” or “supersize” meals and drinks being often. It is fine to eat more provided you exercise more. However, with the advanced of technology with the invention of washing machines, microwave, dish washer and more, people are doing less and getting lazy. Therefore, people are getting larger in size too – bigger waist line and heavier body weight.

In US, the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute has done a research to show how much the portion of our food has actually increased. I was surprised to see the differences in size and the calories. Check them out.

Year 1988

Year 2008

45 Calories, 8 ounces

350 Calories, 16 ounces

210 Calories, 2.4 ounces

610 Calories, 6.9 ounces

270 Calories for 5 cups

630 Calories for 11 cups

140 Calories, 3-inch diameter

350 Calories, 6-inch diameter

55 Calories, 1.5-inch diameter

275 Calories, 3.5-inch diameter

260 Calories for 3 ounces

640 Calories for 7 ounces

85 Calories for 6.5 ounces

250 Calories for 20 ounces

500 Calories

850 Calories

320 Calories

820 Calories

300 Calories

590 Calories

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The take home message is that:

Instead of eating out, eat in more often.

When you eat out, forget about the “jumbo” or “super size” promotion, go for the normal portion and share it with your friends if needed to.

This is what I learned when starting my journey and lost a whopping 88lbs in one year – eating out is a big “NO-NO” because of what you have reported here. Stay away from restaurants and Fast Food places.

How do I eat healthy If I do not have alot of healthy food at home and the healthy foods I have are so negative in calories (such as canned fruits) I am having a real time eating healthy because I do not know what to always eat, but I do need more energy and I can’t eat so little calories. what are some foods that I should eat?.